JPIM SI "Communicating & Framing Innovation in the Era of Generative AI" - Online information session
We invite you to join our online information session for the JPIM Special Issue "Communicating & Framing Innovation in the Era of Generative AI," where we will present the call and discuss how to position your work for submission.
The Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) invites submissions to a special issue (SI) exploring how Generative AI transforms the way innovations of any kind are communicated and framed – across NPD stages, organizational levels, and audiences. Whether you study hype cycles, authenticity tensions, AI-mediated rhetoric, GenAI-driven products, or the GenAI-mediated dynamics of product launches: we want to hear from you!
📅 Key Dates
📨 Proposal submission (optional): April 30, 2026
🎓 Online information session (first hour) + proposal workshop (second hour): June 2, 2026 5:00 PM–7:00 PM Central Europe / 4:00 PM–6:00 PM London / 11:00 AM–1:00 PM New York / 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Chicago / 8:00 AM–10:00 AM Los Angeles / 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Dubai / 10:00 PM–12:00 AM Singapore
📄 Full paper submission deadline: November 30, 2026
📢 Anticipated publication: Fall 2028
🔍 Topics of Interest
- How Generative AI changes communication across NPD stages, innovation types, and audiences
- Hype navigation, firestorms, and temporal framing of innovations
- Authenticity vs. creativity tensions in AI-generated messaging
- Hallucinations, misinformation, and trust erosion around novel products
- AI-mediated framing in platform and innovation ecosystems
- Competences for mastering AI-driven innovation communication
- Transparency dilemmas: when and how to disclose AI use
Quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, and conceptual papers are welcome at all levels of analysis.
👥 Guest Editors
Saeedeh Ahmadi, University of Amsterdam
Saeed Khanagha, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Georg Reischauer, Leuphana University Lüneburg & Johannes Kepler University Linz
Victor P Seidel, Babson College
Llewellyn D W Thomas, University of Sydney & Imperial College Business School
JPIM Supervising Editor: Luigi M De Luca, Cardiff University
✍️ Details online information session (first hour on June 2)
Please register for the online information session here: https://forms.gle/yHahtnzbgHPqzTvKA
💡 Details proposal workshop (second hour on June 2)
Submit a short proposal (max. 5 pages excl. references) by April 30 to receive feedback and join an interactive workshop with the guest editors that takes place right after the information session. Submitting a proposal is optional.
Submit your proposal here: https://forms.gle/gzZsHZED9opaHrka7
You will be notified in early May.
📖 More information
The full Call for Papers can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/15405885/cfp/JPIM-SI-Communicating-Framing-Innovation-Era-Generative-AI-1761321328977.pdf